1<?xml version='1.0'?> 2<!--*-nxml-*--> 3<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" 4 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> 5<refentry id="rmmod"> 6 <refentryinfo> 7 <title>rmmod</title> 8 <productname>kmod</productname> 9 10 <authorgroup> 11 <author> 12 <contrib>Developer</contrib> 13 <firstname>Jon</firstname> 14 <surname>Masters</surname> 15 <email>[email protected]</email> 16 </author> 17 <author> 18 <contrib>Developer</contrib> 19 <firstname>Lucas</firstname> 20 <surname>De Marchi</surname> 21 <email>[email protected]</email> 22 </author> 23 </authorgroup> 24 </refentryinfo> 25 26 <refmeta> 27 <refentrytitle>rmmod</refentrytitle> 28 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 29 </refmeta> 30 31 <refnamediv> 32 <refname>rmmod</refname> 33 <refpurpose> 34 Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel 35 </refpurpose> 36 </refnamediv> 37 38 <refsynopsisdiv> 39 <cmdsynopsis> 40 <command>rmmod</command> 41 <arg><option>-f</option></arg> 42 <arg><option>-s</option></arg> 43 <arg><option>-v</option></arg> 44 <arg><replaceable>modulename</replaceable></arg> 45 </cmdsynopsis> 46 </refsynopsisdiv> 47 48 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title> 49 <para> 50 <command>rmmod</command> is a trivial program to remove a module (when 51 module unloading support is provided) from the kernel. Most users will 52 want to use 53 <citerefentry> 54 <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 55 </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead 56 since it removes unused dependent modules as well. 57 </para> 58 </refsect1> 59 60 <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title> 61 <variablelist> 62 <varlistentry> 63 <term> 64 <option>-v</option> 65 </term> 66 <term> 67 <option>--verbose</option> 68 </term> 69 <listitem> 70 <para> 71 Print messages about what the program is doing. 72 Usually <command>rmmod</command> prints messages 73 only if something goes wrong. 74 </para> 75 </listitem> 76 </varlistentry> 77 <varlistentry> 78 <term> 79 <option>-f</option> 80 </term> 81 <term> 82 <option>--force</option> 83 </term> 84 <listitem> 85 <para> 86 This option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect unless 87 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel was compiled. 88 With this option, you can remove modules which are being used, or 89 which are not designed to be removed, or have been marked as unsafe 90 (see <citerefentry> 91 <refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 92 </citerefentry>). 93 </para> 94 </listitem> 95 </varlistentry> 96 <varlistentry> 97 <term> 98 <option>-s</option> 99 </term> 100 <term> 101 <option>--syslog</option> 102 </term> 103 <listitem> 104 <para> 105 Send errors to syslog instead of standard error. 106 </para> 107 </listitem> 108 </varlistentry> 109 <varlistentry> 110 <term><option>-V</option> <option>--version</option> 111 </term> 112 <listitem> 113 <para> 114 Show version of program and exit. 115 </para> 116 </listitem> 117 </varlistentry> 118 </variablelist> 119 </refsect1> 120 121 <refsect1> 122 <title>COPYRIGHT</title> 123 <para> 124 This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM 125 Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others. 126 </para> 127 </refsect1> 128 129 <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title> 130 <para> 131 <citerefentry> 132 <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 133 </citerefentry>, 134 <citerefentry> 135 <refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 136 </citerefentry>, 137 <citerefentry> 138 <refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 139 </citerefentry>, 140 <citerefentry> 141 <refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 142 </citerefentry> 143 <citerefentry> 144 <refentrytitle>depmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 145 </citerefentry> 146 </para> 147 </refsect1> 148</refentry> 149